Press Release
May 17, 2022
The Center for Equity and Postsecondary Attainment (CEPA) will launch the Inaugural National School Counselor Fellows Program beginning fall 2022. The NSCF program will focus on preparing fellows to apply a practice-based approach to address the pandemic’s impact on student’s educational pathways.
The SC fellows include school counselors and scholars throughout the US, each representing diverse communities and professional experiences. SC fellows will expand their capacity to serve as leaders as they inform and guide the postsecondary trajectories of all students by ensuring that students are socially, academically, logistically, and financially prepared for life beyond high school.
SC Fellows will receive ongoing mentorship, professional development, supervision and training that embrace equity driven leadership and advocacy practices that support college and career readiness and postsecondary planning. Additionally, through the exploration of ways systems of oppression, implicit bias, and internalized racism impacts postsecondary access, SC Fellows will develop their understanding of anti-racist postsecondary advising, enrollment, and persistence.
We are excited to announce the first cohort of CEPA National School Counselor Fellows
- Anna Black-Hogins (California)
- Maritza Cha (California)
- Cody Dailey (Illinois)
- Christine Enrico (New Jersey)
- Enrique Espinoza (California)
- Bushra Hussain (Michigan)
- Lillian Martz (Montana)
- Lydia McNeiley (Indiana)
- Jasmine Newton (Oklahoma)
- Sarah Kortuem (Minnesota)
Read their bios: https://education.sdsu.edu/cepa/meet_our_nscf
About the Center for Equity and Postsecondary Attainment
Led by Dr. Laura Owen, San Diego State University and Dr. Diana Camilo, CSU San Bernardino, the Center for Equity and Postsecondary Attainment aims to improve equitable student postsecondary opportunity, particularly through the discovery of counseling and advising systems, processes and interventions that elevate the voices of historically oppressed and marginalized communities. Its goals include ensuring that all school-based systems, policies, and practices are intentional in addressing oppression, implicit bias, racism and all forms of marginalization. CEPA builds on the SDSU White House Convening [2014] which supported Michelle Obama’s Reach Higher campaign focused on increasing equitable and accessible pathways to postsecondary success for all students, especially those who face formidable barriers.
For questions and additional inquiries, please contact the Center for Equity and Postsecondary Attainment at [email protected] or (619) 594-5814.
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